"File Error" and "Out of Memory" when rendering FCE

Dear all,
I imported a 2 hour holiday video into FCE.
When rendering the video, a message appears that the rendering process will last about 15 minutes to complete.
However, frequently I am warned by the following message:
"File Error: The specified file is open and in use by this or another application"
When activating Rendering again, the render time is now increased to about 45 minutes.
I now either receive a couple of times the message: "File Error: The specified file is open and in use by this or another application" >>or even worse: "Out of memory"<<.
Today I purchased an addition 2GB of memory to increase my memory form 750 MB to 2.5GB !!!
Can anyone please tell me what could be the cause of these messages and how to solve them?
BTW, no other programs are running while I use FCE.
Thanks in advance,
Hans E.<br>
PowerMac G5-Dual 1.8GHz, Memory 2.5GB, iMac G3-600MHz, Airport, Airport Express Mac OS X (10.3.9)
PowerMac G5-Dual 1.8GHz, Memory 2.5GB, iMac G3-600MHz, Airport, Airport Express Mac OS X (10.3.9)
PowerMac G5-Dual 1.8GHz, Memory 2.5GB, iMac G3-600MHz, Airport, Airport Express Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Is it happening when you're rendering, or exporting?
The error message means FCE is trying to rewrite a file that it is currently using. It could be mistakenly trying to save a render file, if you're only rendering, or if you're trying to re-export a file, you'll get that message.
Try dumping all your render files, restarting FCE and trying again.
The Out of Memory error almost always points toward a corrupt file. Could be a source file, could be a render file. Again, dump your render files and try again.
If these don't work, you need to close FCE, take all your source media offline, then open FCE. Now, reconnect each clip one by one until you find the corrupt clip. Keep going, there may be more than one. Re-capture the corrupt clips and you should be good to go.

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